DC Universe New Weekly Releases December 17, 2019

DC Comics started to release new comics to their DC Universe platform about a year after they enter circulation as floppies. With that in mind, I decided to list off those released each week as I do for Marvel Unlimited. The DC releases come out on Monday just like the Marvel comics but since they are pushed to their site in the evening I figured I’d publish their list on Tuesday…

Here’s the new stuff I’ve found this week that was released December 12th, 2018:

DC Universe New Weekly Releases December 17th, 2019:

• Batman Annual #3
• Detective Comics #994
• Electric Warriors #2
• Flash #60
• Hawkman #7
• Justice League Dark #6
• New Talent Showcase: 2018 #1
• Sasquatch Detective Special #1
• Sideways #11
• Suicide Squad #49
• Supergirl #25
• Superman #6
• The Batman Who Laughs #1
• Titans #31
• Wonder Woman #60

Top Comics This Week

15 new comics released today compared to 15 last week.  Looking at Comic Book Roundup which aggregates a bunch of review sites, here are the top issues from this batch of comics.

• Batman Annual #3
  by Tom Taylor and Otto Schmidt.
  Published by DC Comics, 2018.
  “THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PENNY!” Alfred Pennyworth has been Batman’s most trusted ally and confidant since the Dark Knight first hit the streets of Gotham City. Now, witness Batman’s battle for justice from Alfred’s perspective and learn how harrowing that journey has been as Batman experiences one of the worst nights Gotham City has ever seen-a night that will push Alfred to the breaking point! Best-selling writer Tom Taylor presents an epic tale that promises to be one of the most Alfred stories ever told!
• Detective Comics #994
  by Peter J. Tomasi, Doug Mahnke, and Jaime Mendoza.
  Published by DC Comics, 2018.
  Batman’s strangest case begins as the new creative team of writer Peter J. Tomasi and artist Doug Mahnke take over DETECTIVE COMICS! Commissioner Gordon calls in the Dark Knight Detective when there’s a murder at the Gotham City Aquarium-staged to look exactly like Thomas and Martha Wayne’s crime scene, right down to the Playbill and pearls. How does this bizarre homicide tie into the shadowy monster that attacks Dr. Leslie Thompkins? This creature looks to wage a war on Batman-and it’s using Joker Gas to do it!
• Flash #60
  by Joshua Williamson and Jordi Tarragona.
  Published by DC Comics, 2018.
  Barry puts his fleet feet in his mouth against the next Force wielder he meets! Introducing the new Strength Force user, Powerhouse: she’s a young rebel using her powers to fight the corrupt police state in Corto Maltese. When Barry learns that she wants to use her super-strength to overthrow the government, he tries to intervene-and ends up tripping into a melee with the new hero instead.
• Hawkman #7
  by Robert Venditti and Bryan Hitch.
  Published by DC Comics, 2018.
  The origin of Hawkman revealed! Rocketing across the cosmos in his newly re-covered spaceship, Carter Hall is en route to the next stop on his adventure through time and space. He doesn’t have Netflix to pass the time, but he does have something even better. Locked within the ship’s memory banks is the truth behind Carter Hall’s reincarnation ability, as well as his connection to the Deathbringers-giant, winged beings of immeasurable power on their way to destroy Earth!
• Justice League Dark #6
  by James Tyrion IV, Daniel Sampere, and Juan Albarran.
  Published by DC Comics, 2018.
  The Justice League Dark…trapped in the mystic realm of Myrra! Their jailer? Blue Devil…and he wants revenge on Detective Chimp! Seems Bobo tried to magically resurrect his best friend, the original Nightmaster, but lost control of the spell and filled Myrra with zombies instead. And left Blue Devil behind to get eaten. So BD’s kinda sorta maybe got a reason  to be pissed. With that in mind, will Wonder Woman and the rest of the JLD even step up to help Bobo against a raging Blue Devil? That sounds bananas to us.
• New Talent Showcase: 2018 #1
  by a whole bunch of people.
  Published by DC Comics, 2018.
  The latest graduates from the DC Talent Development Workshops show off their skills by telling stories about some of DC’s greatest characters including Batman, Catwoman, John Constantine, Wonder Woman, Zatanna and more!  
• The Batman Who Laughs #1
  by Scott Snyder and Jock.
  Published by DC Comics, 2018.
  Left rattled by the events of DARK NIGHTS: METAL, Bruce Wayne must come face to face with the nightmares spawned from the Dark Multiverse. But even though evil devoured evil in the collapse of Challengers Mountain, the Dark Knight still has his doubts. He discovers that the Batman Who Laughs not only survived the fight with The Joker at the end of METAL, but now he is enacting a sinister plan across the Multiverse-something both terrifying and oddly familiar. But when Bruce Wayne realizes the only way to stop this madman is to kill him, he must consider violating the very rule Batman won’t break…the same rule that created this insatiable villain-the Batman Who Laughs!

Number Ones

DC actually had a Number One this week:

• New Talent Showcase: 2018 #1
• Sasquatch Detective Special #1
  by Brandee Stillwell, Ron Randall, and Guss Vazquez.
  Published by DC Comics, 2018.
  Before Tonya Lightfoot became Los Angeles’ most decorated detective, she was a wee sasquatch roaming the Appalachian mountains, fed a steady diet of tennis and golf (as both of her parents are pros at the local country club) and CSI episodes. But her idyllic life of pranking campers and squatching around the local golf course hits a bump in the fire road when Bigfoot hunters come to the dense forest. Would Tonya back down in the face of adversity? Not yeti! But experiencing this abominable anti-sasquatch sentiment gives her the determination to leave her home behind-she heads to the dangers of the city. After all, it’s hard to fight un-conscious bias, but crime is something America’s sassiest sasquatch is ready to tackle. This special features a new 30-page lead story plus the backup stories from EXIT STAGE LEFT: THE SNAGGLEPUSS CHRONICLES #2-6
• The Batman Who Laughs #1

Opening Stories

Detective Comics Vol. 10: Mythology
Alfred Pennyworth…attacked at Wayne manor! Who’s hunting those closest to Batman? Commissioner Gordon calls in the Dark Knight Detective when there’s a murder at the Gotham City Aquarium-staged to look exactly like Thomas and Martha Wayne’s crime scene, right down to the playbill and pearls. How does this bizarre homicide tie into the shadowy monster that attacks Dr. Leslie Thompkins? This creature looks to wage a war on Batman-and it’s using Joker gas to do it! Collects Detective Comics #994–999.

• Detective Comics #994

Hawkman Vol. 2: Deathbringer
As Hawkman struggles to protect London from the devastation of a new threat, the answer he seeks resides in his past life-the only question is, which one? Rocketing across the cosmos in his newly recovered spaceship, Carter Hall is en route to the next stop on his adventure through time and space. Locked within the ship’s memory banks is the truth behind Carter Hall’s reincarnation ability, as well as his connection to the Deathbringers-giant, winged beings of immeasurable power on their way to destroy Earth! Collects Hawkman #7-12.

• Hawkman #7

Concluding Volumes

Some stories have been told and transform into something new.

Superman Vol. 1: The unity Saga: Phantom Earth
The fallout from THE MAN OF STEEL mini-series has Clark Kent looking at the world through new eyes…with new ideas about what Superman could and should do for the city of Metropolis and the planet Earth. His first job? Getting the planet out of the Phantom Zone! The world quakes and shakes as it begins to succumb to the effects of the entire planet being moved into the lifeless realm known as the Phantom Zone. As Superman works with the Justice League, an old enemy trapped in the same prison returns to stop the Man of Steel and escape. Collects SUPERMAN #1–6.

• Superman #6
  by Brian Michael Bendis, Joe Prada, and Ivan Reis.
  Published by DC Comics, 2018.
  It’s the moment you never thought you’d see-Superman must team with General Zod to defeat Rogol Zaar or risk banishment for all three in the cold prison of the Phantom Zone forever. Whatever you do, do not skip to the last page-the end of this issue changes the lives of Superman and his family forever as the Unity Saga continues!

Ongoing Stories

Flash Vol. 10: Force Quest
Following “Flash War,” Barry Allen remains the Flash, but he’s no longer the Fastest Man Alive! With Hunter Zolomon on the run, and new forces such as the Strength, Sage and Still forces unleashed on the Multiverse, Barry must leave Central City behind and travel the world to learn the secret history of the Speed Force. Collects THE FLASH #58-63. 

• Flash #60

Supergirl Vol. 5: The Killers of Krypton
Superman and Supergirl, the last two Kryptonians on Earth, have had their beliefs shattered. With new revelations about their home planet-and the man who destroyed it-Supergirl builds a star cruiser using whatever tech she can scrounge, and after receiving intel from Green Lantern, she blasts off into the cosmos with Rogol Zaar’s deadly axe to solve the mystery! Collects SUPERGIRL #21-26.

• Supergirl #25
  by Marc Andreyko, Emanuela Lupacchino, Jill Thompson, Brad Walker, and Andrew Hennessy.
  Published by DC Comics, 2018.
  It’s a super-sized issue of SUPERGIRL! Supergirl and Krypto go back to the “scene of the crime”-the ruins of Krypton! With Z’ndr hitchhiking, Supergirl is not only there to find clues on who the killers of Krypton are, but to pay her respects to her dead family and friends for the first time since she left the planet. But a mysterious caretaker whose duty is to protect Krypton’s remnants at all costs attacks and won’t let Kara through! As if that weren’t enough, the Kryptonian powerhouse and her super-powered pooch are stricken with radiation poisoning from the dead planet and must also fight their inner demons!

Comics Corner | DC Universe New Weekly Releases December 17, 2019